Shuzu goketsu-ki.

Abstract:

Maps of and text on feudal castles in the current Kansai, Chubu, Kanto, and Chugoku regions in central Japan, representing about a third of Yamagata's complete compendium of feudal castles in eastern, central, and western Honshu.

Creator:

Yamagata, Daini, 1725-1767.

Timespan:

Japan -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868.; Japan.

Date:

1755

Identifier:

9949886943503681; (OCoLC)ocn729615938; (OCoLC)729615938; (PU)4988694-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Japanese

Provenance:

Sold by F. A. Bernett Books (Boston, Mass.), 2011.

Publisher:

[Japan], [between 1755 and 1799]

Subject:

Castles -- Japan.; Castles.; Fortification -- Japan.; Fortification.; History.; Pen and wash drawings.; Maps (documents); Manuscripts, Japanese.; Manuscripts, Digital.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

65 leaves : paper; bound to 273 x 193 mm

Rights:

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Notes:

Decoration: 54 castle plans in colored inks and wash, showing details such as buildings, grounds, walls, and gates; circles, triangles, and some characters in red ink in text.; Ms. codex.; Binding: Fukuro-toji (stitched), with simple geometric stamp used repeatedly on the paper covers and a pastedown of gold with characters in black ink on the upper cover.; Title from pastedown on upper cover.; Collation: Paper, 65 double sheet folios.; Layout: Text pages written in up to 11 columns.; Origin: Written in Japan in the second half of the 18th century.; Japanese.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 1592